match report from poloc's website
welcome back drooper!
ra parsons [ed: hereinafter to be referred to as "judas"] and his new irvine teammates were the visitors to shawholm in the western union on saturday. and when all was said and done the 'holmboys had seen off drooper and his new pals in a game interrupted by rain on more than one occasion.
the 'holmboys batted first on a soft-ish deck with nomy and kash' up top. sadly for this column the breakthrough, when it came, saw judas nip out nomy as the latter nicked one to slip. 14 for 1. baby batting at three fared little better as he was trapped leg-before by j iscariot too after hitting only a couple of singles. mr p's return to paradise was getting off to just too good a start it appeared. kash' then perished, cleaned up by morrison, and things really were a tad dodgy: 36 for 3 no less. shak', tho'. restored a little bit of order to proceedings in his partnership with mohsin, both chipping in with useful contributions (19 and 27 respectively).
and rafay carried on the good work from the 'holmboys' middle order with a brisk 47 that included five 4s and a maximum - not the day's only big 'uns tho', mohsin having smacked a couple in his knock. then, with zahid continuing his useful form with the blade (27), and rahan chipping in with 12 on his return to 'holmboy colours, the guys managed to post almost 200 - 194 to be precise.
195 to win would be a stiff test of judas & co. and, with play heading into the evening murkiness, batting wouldn't be easy. and so it proved.....eventually. the run chase started really well for irvine with opener stewart playing fluently. 68 was on the 'board before the first wicket fell - mcphee caught by rafay of mohsin's bowling [ed: remember that combo'!]. then, after number three hughes had been trapped lbw by sabir, it was entry ra parsons. drooper's scored a number of memorable big scores on the hallowed ground but no-one watching on saturday wanted him to get another one! and, when he'd reached 14, it happened: "caught a ashraf, bowled m ali" - thank you and good-night vienna. drooper had holed out to extra cover where rafay had held the catch.
from this point - 125 for 4 - it was all downhill. the irvine batting collapsed as a number of the youngsters had one eye on the 18th birthday/disco just starting in the clubhouse! 125 for 4 became 155 all out as kash' and rahid ran thru' the middle order and tail. kash' finished with 3 for 4, whilst rahid notched up 4 for 44.
Monday, 28 May 2007
Sunday, 27 May 2007
Marress vs Scottish Indians 26/05/07
BRAVE MARRESS GET SHOT DOWN BY INDIANS
Yesterday(26/5/07), Marress lost to the table toppers Scottish Indians Cricket Club. In this titanic tussle, Marress under the stewardship of Master David Ingram won the toss, and elected to field (big surprise there!) Looking at the team we were about to face, and getting the scouting reports from chatty (chaitanya), it was thought that Marress would struggle to get anything out of this game. With the normal skipper Capt. Mike Ingram (aka Captain Birds eye) being called up to the 1sts, it was left to David to captain the team, and with Cyril being asked to be the vice-captain for the day.
Marress decided to open their bowling with David and the Muttiah Muralitharan of Marress, that is Chaitanya Mudunuri. The bowling got of to a good start, and Marress had their 1st wicket from the majestic bowling of chatty, with the opener uday returning to the dressing-room for 1. Shortly after this, chatty repeated his previous result, and bowled the Indians Shiva for 5. The questions on everyones mind at this point where:
a) Was there any stopping this bowling spell from chaitanya
and
b) Could David take a wicket and try to repeat his performance from the Bees game?
The answer to question b was duly displayed, when David darted to the wicket, and bowled the Indians Pratap, thanks to the great catch from the fantastic Robbie Fergusson.
In relation to question a- although chatty managed to take another scalp he was running short of overs and one of the indian batman was getting on top of the bowling. At this point, Marress decided to break for drinks, and then decided on a change of bowling, with both Master Ingram and chatty being replaced by James Cooney and Reuben Tauro respectively. Cooneys bowling at times was erratic, however he did get two wickets. Both these wickets came from some superb catches from Reuben, and from Jamie Doolan (who was still feeling the effects of his previous nights escapades),jamie's catch as good as dericks from the week before. Reuben exhibited some magnificent bowling, and produced 3 wickets from 4 overs. It was then left to chaitanya to take the last wicket from the Scottish Indians, which left the visiting team all out for 140 runs. This was a tremendous effort from the Marress side, with both the bowling and fielding being exemplary from all. With Robbie Fergusson displaying some great wicket-keeping, Euan Bennett really has a fight on his hands to get his place back in the side.
With the Indians all out, it was left to Marress to try and win this game. Although 140 may not seem a great total, it has to be remembered that Marress were without their top run-scorer, Mike Ingram and were playing with few rookies.
David decided that the batting should open with Jamie Doolan and Ram. At 4 for no loss, Jamie was bowled by the visiting sides Kiran for 0. Chaitanya then came to the crease, and looked to build a fine partnership with Ram. This they did do and when they were dominating the bowling chatty was crazily ran out for 17 soon after hitting a big six, leaving Marress on 49-2. The game was still in the balance, and it was clear that the visiting side were worried, and felt that the umpiring may have been a tad harsh (although it was evident who set the standards in the first innings). This was quite clearly not the case, with every call being quite clearly correct from Messrs Cooney and Park. David Ingram then came to the crease, and tried to establish a partnership with Ram. Unfortunately, David was caught, after top-edging the ball from the bowling of the visiting sides Kiran for 2. Gary McMeeking then came to the field, and tried to look at boosting the total or Marress. Sadly, Gary was clean bowled for a duck, which left him wandering back to the pavilion, much to the hilarity of his mates at the side of the pitch. Reuben then came into bat, with Marress on 59-4. Reuben was batting with Ram, and both tried to help Irvine towards reaching their total. Sadly, Ram was soon caught for 9, a decision from the umpire that enraged the man, and left Robbie coming into bat. Sadly, Robbie having no sooner entered the arena, had to depart for 0. Cooney then came into the bat with Reuben, and both looked as if they knew what they were doing, before Reuben was run out in an unsporting manner from the bowling of Avinash. The one-dimensional batsmen that is Derrick Park, then entered the arena, and tried to take the game to the Indians with Cooney, before Conney was sent packing. The KP of Marress, Derrick, was then left to try and salvage some pride for Marress. He was left with the tail-enders, Alistair and Callum Graham, two novices to the game. Callum was bowled from Kiran, which left KP trying to assist Alistair, on what to do. Quite surprisingly, Alistair managed to last an over, before he was bowled for o from the bowling of Kiran. Marress were then left all out for 80, with the surprise being Derrick not out for the first time in his illustrious marress career.
Although Marress lost this game, there were a lot of positives to be taken from this game. The fielding performance was of a high standard, with no-one really disgracing themselves. The batting wasn't of a similar standard, but it can be worked on. Next weeks game sees us travelling to Crow Road, with hopefully Mike Ingram and Euan Bennett being available for selection.
Bowling Figures
O M R W
D.Ingram 11 1 40 1
C.Mudunuri 14 1 34 4
J.Cooney 7 0 30 2
R.Tauro 4 0 27 3
Batting Scores
Ram 9
J.Doolan 0
C.Mudunuri 17
D.Ingram 2
G.McMeeking 0
R.Tauro 6
R.Fergusson 0
J.Cooney 2
D.Park 1 n.o.
C.Graham 0
A.Graham 0
Extras 43
Total 80 runs
Thanks,
Derrick
Yesterday(26/5/07), Marress lost to the table toppers Scottish Indians Cricket Club. In this titanic tussle, Marress under the stewardship of Master David Ingram won the toss, and elected to field (big surprise there!) Looking at the team we were about to face, and getting the scouting reports from chatty (chaitanya), it was thought that Marress would struggle to get anything out of this game. With the normal skipper Capt. Mike Ingram (aka Captain Birds eye) being called up to the 1sts, it was left to David to captain the team, and with Cyril being asked to be the vice-captain for the day.
Marress decided to open their bowling with David and the Muttiah Muralitharan of Marress, that is Chaitanya Mudunuri. The bowling got of to a good start, and Marress had their 1st wicket from the majestic bowling of chatty, with the opener uday returning to the dressing-room for 1. Shortly after this, chatty repeated his previous result, and bowled the Indians Shiva for 5. The questions on everyones mind at this point where:
a) Was there any stopping this bowling spell from chaitanya
and
b) Could David take a wicket and try to repeat his performance from the Bees game?
The answer to question b was duly displayed, when David darted to the wicket, and bowled the Indians Pratap, thanks to the great catch from the fantastic Robbie Fergusson.
In relation to question a- although chatty managed to take another scalp he was running short of overs and one of the indian batman was getting on top of the bowling. At this point, Marress decided to break for drinks, and then decided on a change of bowling, with both Master Ingram and chatty being replaced by James Cooney and Reuben Tauro respectively. Cooneys bowling at times was erratic, however he did get two wickets. Both these wickets came from some superb catches from Reuben, and from Jamie Doolan (who was still feeling the effects of his previous nights escapades),jamie's catch as good as dericks from the week before. Reuben exhibited some magnificent bowling, and produced 3 wickets from 4 overs. It was then left to chaitanya to take the last wicket from the Scottish Indians, which left the visiting team all out for 140 runs. This was a tremendous effort from the Marress side, with both the bowling and fielding being exemplary from all. With Robbie Fergusson displaying some great wicket-keeping, Euan Bennett really has a fight on his hands to get his place back in the side.
With the Indians all out, it was left to Marress to try and win this game. Although 140 may not seem a great total, it has to be remembered that Marress were without their top run-scorer, Mike Ingram and were playing with few rookies.
David decided that the batting should open with Jamie Doolan and Ram. At 4 for no loss, Jamie was bowled by the visiting sides Kiran for 0. Chaitanya then came to the crease, and looked to build a fine partnership with Ram. This they did do and when they were dominating the bowling chatty was crazily ran out for 17 soon after hitting a big six, leaving Marress on 49-2. The game was still in the balance, and it was clear that the visiting side were worried, and felt that the umpiring may have been a tad harsh (although it was evident who set the standards in the first innings). This was quite clearly not the case, with every call being quite clearly correct from Messrs Cooney and Park. David Ingram then came to the crease, and tried to establish a partnership with Ram. Unfortunately, David was caught, after top-edging the ball from the bowling of the visiting sides Kiran for 2. Gary McMeeking then came to the field, and tried to look at boosting the total or Marress. Sadly, Gary was clean bowled for a duck, which left him wandering back to the pavilion, much to the hilarity of his mates at the side of the pitch. Reuben then came into bat, with Marress on 59-4. Reuben was batting with Ram, and both tried to help Irvine towards reaching their total. Sadly, Ram was soon caught for 9, a decision from the umpire that enraged the man, and left Robbie coming into bat. Sadly, Robbie having no sooner entered the arena, had to depart for 0. Cooney then came into the bat with Reuben, and both looked as if they knew what they were doing, before Reuben was run out in an unsporting manner from the bowling of Avinash. The one-dimensional batsmen that is Derrick Park, then entered the arena, and tried to take the game to the Indians with Cooney, before Conney was sent packing. The KP of Marress, Derrick, was then left to try and salvage some pride for Marress. He was left with the tail-enders, Alistair and Callum Graham, two novices to the game. Callum was bowled from Kiran, which left KP trying to assist Alistair, on what to do. Quite surprisingly, Alistair managed to last an over, before he was bowled for o from the bowling of Kiran. Marress were then left all out for 80, with the surprise being Derrick not out for the first time in his illustrious marress career.
Although Marress lost this game, there were a lot of positives to be taken from this game. The fielding performance was of a high standard, with no-one really disgracing themselves. The batting wasn't of a similar standard, but it can be worked on. Next weeks game sees us travelling to Crow Road, with hopefully Mike Ingram and Euan Bennett being available for selection.
Bowling Figures
O M R W
D.Ingram 11 1 40 1
C.Mudunuri 14 1 34 4
J.Cooney 7 0 30 2
R.Tauro 4 0 27 3
Batting Scores
Ram 9
J.Doolan 0
C.Mudunuri 17
D.Ingram 2
G.McMeeking 0
R.Tauro 6
R.Fergusson 0
J.Cooney 2
D.Park 1 n.o.
C.Graham 0
A.Graham 0
Extras 43
Total 80 runs
Thanks,
Derrick
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Ayr vs Irvine: Rowan Cup 22/05
VALIANT IRVINE LOSE IN CUP SHOWDOWN
Tonight, Irvine travelled to Cambusdoon Sports Club to play Ayr, a National League side, in the Rowan Cup. Irvine put in a spirited performance, but sadly were to get beaten.
Having gone into bat first, Irvine set Ayr a challenge of obtaining 91 runs from 20 Overs. Although this total may not sound much, credit has to be given to the truly magnificent fielding performance displayed by the home side.
Irvine opened their batting with the recently signed Drew Parsons and the Kiwi Mark Hughes. Irvine reached 7 runs before Drew was sent back to the Pavilion in the 2nd Over. In the 3rd Over, we saw a massive 6 from Mark. However, three balls later, Mark was sent packing as well. This then left the veteran Robbie Stewart and the enigmatic Euan Morrison at the crease. After a boundary from Robbie, he was to be then unfortunately bowled by the home sides' Baird.
At this point, Irvine were on 23-3 in the 7th Over, and were looking at trying to push on their score. The inspirational skipper that is Stewart McCallum then came to the crease to try and help with the run total. Sadly after Stewart came to the crease, Euan was then caught for 5 from the bowling of Logan, making it a third wicket for the Ayr bowler, and which in turn, left Irvine looking despairingly at figures of 27-4 of 8 overs. Irvine were really struggling, and did not know where to look for a solution.
Thankfully, cometh the man, cometh the hour, and that man was the gallant Graeme Owens. The wicket-keeper and our Skipper looked at trying to gain some credibility for the team. This they did endeavour to do, and worked solidly on a partnership of 20 runs, before the Skipper was sent packing for 4 runs. Although his own personal score wasn't significant, Stewarts' role in the partnership with Graeme did help Irvine to the total of 47-5 of 12 Overs. With Mike Ingram, Captain Birds' Eye of the 2nd XI, and Graeme at the crease, Irvine could then look at setting Ayr a challenging total. This they did do, before Graeme was caught from the bowling of Mckelene for an impressive total of 25runs, which left Irvine on 62-6 of 15 Overs.
The rampaging bull that is known as Ruchin Filander then came to the crease to try and help Captain Birds' Eye in setting a challenging total. This they did with Mike finishing on 16 not out and Ruchin on 14, which meant Irvine finished on 90-6 of 20 Overs.
Although this may not seem great, the game was still very much in the balance at this point.
Sadly, it was not to be Irvines' day and Ayr did surpass our total. However, this was not without a good bowling and batting performance from our team.
The express-train that is Euan Morrison took one wicket, smashing one of the stumps out of the ground in the process. The magician that is Mark Hughes took the other two wickets, one being that of the Scottish Internationalist, Bruce Patterson.
Overall, there were a lot of plus points to be taken out of this display. If the performance that was shown tonight can be carried over into our league fixtures, then Irvine should be looking at securing their 1st Division status.
BATTING STATISTICS
D.Parsons 3 runs
M.Hughes 13 runs
R.Stewart 6 runs
E.Morrison 5 runs
S.McCallum 4 runs
G.Owens 25 runs
M. Ingram 16 n.o.
R.Filander 14 n.o.
Extras 4 wides
Total 90 runs
See you all at practice on Thursday
Cyril the Squirrel
Tonight, Irvine travelled to Cambusdoon Sports Club to play Ayr, a National League side, in the Rowan Cup. Irvine put in a spirited performance, but sadly were to get beaten.
Having gone into bat first, Irvine set Ayr a challenge of obtaining 91 runs from 20 Overs. Although this total may not sound much, credit has to be given to the truly magnificent fielding performance displayed by the home side.
Irvine opened their batting with the recently signed Drew Parsons and the Kiwi Mark Hughes. Irvine reached 7 runs before Drew was sent back to the Pavilion in the 2nd Over. In the 3rd Over, we saw a massive 6 from Mark. However, three balls later, Mark was sent packing as well. This then left the veteran Robbie Stewart and the enigmatic Euan Morrison at the crease. After a boundary from Robbie, he was to be then unfortunately bowled by the home sides' Baird.
At this point, Irvine were on 23-3 in the 7th Over, and were looking at trying to push on their score. The inspirational skipper that is Stewart McCallum then came to the crease to try and help with the run total. Sadly after Stewart came to the crease, Euan was then caught for 5 from the bowling of Logan, making it a third wicket for the Ayr bowler, and which in turn, left Irvine looking despairingly at figures of 27-4 of 8 overs. Irvine were really struggling, and did not know where to look for a solution.
Thankfully, cometh the man, cometh the hour, and that man was the gallant Graeme Owens. The wicket-keeper and our Skipper looked at trying to gain some credibility for the team. This they did endeavour to do, and worked solidly on a partnership of 20 runs, before the Skipper was sent packing for 4 runs. Although his own personal score wasn't significant, Stewarts' role in the partnership with Graeme did help Irvine to the total of 47-5 of 12 Overs. With Mike Ingram, Captain Birds' Eye of the 2nd XI, and Graeme at the crease, Irvine could then look at setting Ayr a challenging total. This they did do, before Graeme was caught from the bowling of Mckelene for an impressive total of 25runs, which left Irvine on 62-6 of 15 Overs.
The rampaging bull that is known as Ruchin Filander then came to the crease to try and help Captain Birds' Eye in setting a challenging total. This they did with Mike finishing on 16 not out and Ruchin on 14, which meant Irvine finished on 90-6 of 20 Overs.
Although this may not seem great, the game was still very much in the balance at this point.
Sadly, it was not to be Irvines' day and Ayr did surpass our total. However, this was not without a good bowling and batting performance from our team.
The express-train that is Euan Morrison took one wicket, smashing one of the stumps out of the ground in the process. The magician that is Mark Hughes took the other two wickets, one being that of the Scottish Internationalist, Bruce Patterson.
Overall, there were a lot of plus points to be taken out of this display. If the performance that was shown tonight can be carried over into our league fixtures, then Irvine should be looking at securing their 1st Division status.
BATTING STATISTICS
D.Parsons 3 runs
M.Hughes 13 runs
R.Stewart 6 runs
E.Morrison 5 runs
S.McCallum 4 runs
G.Owens 25 runs
M. Ingram 16 n.o.
R.Filander 14 n.o.
Extras 4 wides
Total 90 runs
See you all at practice on Thursday
Cyril the Squirrel
Saturday, 19 May 2007
Irvine v Kelburne
Irvine's 1st XI's match againt current league leaders Kelburne called off due to bad weather.Stuart looking for confirmation of availabity for game's against Ayr (Rowan Cup) on tuesday (22/5/07) and also availabitity for next saturday's league game against Shawholm .Please text Stuart
Saturday, 12 May 2007
Captains Match Report (Maress v The Bees)
Todays match was very doubtful on Friday Night as the weather was very wet.
Fortunately today was very overcast, yet somehow Irvine managed to avoid the bad weather that was all around the West of Scotland.
The match began with the captains tossing the coin and Mike Ingram won the toss and elected to field.
The Marress men entered the pitch in a positive manner and awaited the opening batsmen.
David Ingram opened the bowling and before most players had time to get into position David had delivered his opening delivery and cleaned bowled his opponent for a "KING DUCK".
An unbelievable start, which set the tempo for the rest of the day.
2nd over of the game and Mike Ingram opened from the other end and not to be out done by David he cleaned bowled the other opener in his first over. A fantastic start and the Marress team was immediately on top.
5 overs later and The Bees were struggling at 20 for 5 as David Ingram was dominating the opposition with a spell of very fine bowling.
The Bees dug deep and managed to move the score onto 65 for 5 and were starting to develop their innings, the Marress team were looking for some inspiration and it came in the form of a fantastic catch by Derek Park. David Ingram bowled a full toss and the batsman top edged it behind the wicket keeper and Derek Park set off like a leopard in pursuit of its prey and managed to pull off one of the finest catches ever seen at the Marress Ground.(see photo)It was just what the team needed as they always knew that any score beyond 100 would really test their batting skills.
David Ingram finished his spell and this introduced one of the finest leg spinner in the league (Chaitanya Mudunuri) he quickly had the batsmen guessing how to play his bowling and he soon had 2 more batsmen back in the dressing room.
With young James Cooney from the other end he soon made a break through and The Bees were struggling at 86 for 9.
Mike Ingram cleaned up the innings and this left the Marress going into the interval needing 87 runs to win.
After another excellent tea, Mike Ingram and Gary McMeechan opened the batting and after a few quick shots by Gary he was bowled.
David Ingram entered next and he and his DAD put on a partnership of 23 until David was bowled, at this point Mike was wondering if the familiar collapse would take place and he was right. The next 2 batsmen quickly came and went and this brought Chaitanya to the wicket and this turned the game in favour of the Marress men. Mike and Chaitanya moved the score onto 83 for 4 and were in site of victory, when Mike was cleaned bowled by one of the best deliveries ever witnessed on the green blaze.
Thankfully Chaitanya took the Marress men over the winning line and gave the Marress men their first victory in over 12 months.
Well Done to the team
score card
Bees batting
D.Ferry....b D.Ingram.....0
P.Barbour..b M.Ingram.....4
H.Ahmed....b D.Ingram.....2
G.Hollier..b D.Ingram.....2
B.Selly..ctD.Park.b D.Ingram..4
C.Campbell.b M.Inggram....11
B.Singh....b Cooney.......16
D.Birtworthle lbw C.Mudunuri.25
J.McCrossan.b M.Ingram....5
S.Jones....b C.Mudunuri...6
C.McCrossan not out.....0
total....................86
Marress bowling
D.Ingram...15...2..43...4
M.Ingram...9....4..11...3
P.Fernando.3....0..17...0
Cooney.....4....0..6....1
C.Mudunuri.2....1..2....2
Marress batting
M.ingram.....b Singh.....11
G.McMeeking..b ferry.....7
D.Ingram.....b ferry.....13
D.Park.......b Hollier...5
R.Yerra.....lbw hollier..0
C.Mudunuri Not Out.......15*
J.Cooney...not out.......1*
total...............87 in 19 overs
Marress win by 5 wickets
Mike
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Ayr v Irvine- rowan cup
the first round match of rowan cup between Ayr and Irvine had been postponed, nets to go ahead as usual weather permitting.
Saturday's matches against hillhead and bees to go ahead as planned. Both irvine teams would be aiming for their first win with near strength teams available for selection.
Saturday's matches against hillhead and bees to go ahead as planned. Both irvine teams would be aiming for their first win with near strength teams available for selection.
Saturday, 5 May 2007
partick v irvine
Irvine traveled to Partick with at least 7 of the of the regular first team players missing, with no first choice batsmen or bowlers in the line up it was a foregone conclusion that Irvine had no realistic change of winning, and the game plan was to come away with as many points as possible, Stuart won the toss and elected to field with the intension of securing as many bowling points as possible. Partick pilled on a massive 356, Irvine managed to pick up 8 wickets and with that 4 bowling points, Derick Neil was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets, Mike Ingram and Chaitanya Mudunuri managed 2 wickets each. Irvine went in to bat with no real intention of chasing the target and the aim was to score as many runs as possible for batting points, except for David Ingram and Stuart McCallum none of the batsmen managed to stick at the wicket and Irvine were all out for 86 the result being one of the worst suffered by Irvine.
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